In a mid term election year, you have both parties really seeking a message that's going to stick. And republicans have zeroed in on crime and public safety as a winning one. They have done that by really drawing a conflation between three different types of liberals. So in reality, bodine was in a unique situation, and perhaps he was more the exception in many different ways than he was any kind of rule when we think about the state of the progressive district attorney in the united states.
This episode contains strong language.
This week, voters in San Francisco ousted Chesa Boudin, their progressive district attorney. The move was seen as a rejection of a class of prosecutors who are determined to overhaul the criminal justice system.
But what happened to Mr. Boudin can be seen as more the exception than the rule.
Guest: Astead W. Herndon, a national political reporter for The New York Times.
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